The College News
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VOL. XXIX, No. 4
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1942
Copyright, Truitees of PRICF 10 CENTS
Sryn Mawr College. 1942 rK1*-P '� V-CL>13
War Alliance Asks The College
To Cooperate in War Courses
War Alliance Opens Front
For Volunteer Action
At Meeting
Goodhart, October 7.5, 1942.�
The War Alliance officially opened
the Bryn Mawr Front last Thurs-
day at a Mass Meeting in Goodhart
before a large group of students.
Pointing to the lack of spirit on
campus and the poor response
to registration for war courses,
Chaiiman Betty Nicrosi urged an
awareness and interest in current
events, and an enthusiastic back-
ing for the newly - christened
"War"- Alliance. Its aim is to
become a democratic organization
creating and expressing a Bryn
Mawr majority opinion. Several
students spoke for the various de-
fense, now "war," courses.
A total of 50 people had regis-
tered for the first semester war
courses, indicating that only 10
per cent of the Bryn Mawr stu-
dents are interested in the Alli-
ance's effort toward preparedness.
Emphasizing this fact, Betty Ni-
crosi urged action on the Bryn
Mawr Front.
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Speaking on behalf of Nurses'
Aides, Natalie Bell stressed the
great need for trained assistants,
promising that an accelerated
course would be given if twenty
people registered. Two hundred
thousand pints of blood are wanted
by the Army and Navy, said Jackie
Wilson. Margaret Browder called
for hairpins, girdles, and dilapi-
dated curlers to swell the Scrap
Salvage Drive. The "glamorous
end of war work" was featured by
Anne Byrd Woods. Bryn Mawr
girls are to provide glamor at the
Philadelphia U. S. 0. the first Sun-
day of every month.
Ten other courses, some new to
the college, were enumerated by
Catherine Clement. They included
First Aid, Advanced First Aid,
Nurses' Aid, Shorthand and Typ-
ing, Nutrition, Training for Chil-
dren's Center Leaders.
The War Bonds and Stamps
Campaign on campus was opened
by Bebe Biberman in a speech cal-
culated to awaken the lethargic
Bryn Mawr girls to the serious-
ness of the situation.
Registration for Courses
Organized by Alliance
Increases
Since the Mass Meeting of the
War Alliaflce, the registrations for
war courses have increased to 100.
The following courses: are avail-
able :
First Aid: Two courses are giv-
en. Miss Yeager teaches twenty
hours of standard first aid, and
ten hours of advanced first aid.
Shorthand and Typing: These
courses are given at Harcum.
Nutrition: Students may study
the theory and practice of can-
teen work. *
Air raid precaution: Four lec-
tures are given concerning air
raids, and they must be attended
by air raid wardens and their sub-
stitutes.
Nurses' Aides: This course re-
quires four hours a week, three
weekends, eight hours on Satur-
days and Sundays at the Bryn
Mawr Hospital, and 150 hours to
Continued on Page Three
Vacation Changes
Lengthened vacations are
Bryn Mawr's reply to the
railroads' request for the
elimination of unessential
weekend travel. Dates listed
in the 1942-1943 catalogue
have been changed to the
following: Christmas vaca-
tion begins Wednesday, De-
cember 16, at 12.45 P. M.,
and ends Wednesday, Janu-
ary 6, at 2.00 P. M. Classes
end Friday, January 22. Mid-
year examinations will be
held from Saturday, January
23, through Tuesday, Febru-
ary 2. There will be a day's
in inlay on Wednesday, Feb-
ruary 3. The second semes-
ter begins Thursday, Febru-
ary 4, at 9.00 A. M. Spring
vacation begins Thursday,
March 25, at 12.45 P. M.,
and ends Tuesday, April 6,
at 9.00 A. M. Friday, May
21, is the last day of classes.
Commencement is scheduled
for Tuesday, June 8.
Deanery Patrons Narrowly Miss Disaster
While Student Waitresses Gaily Cooperate
By Barbara Hull, '44
Student waitresses have invaded
the Deanery. Swing skirts and
yellow bows, combined with sing-
song mutterings of "water and
menu, butter and order," rush
from the dining room to the kitch-
en and back again. Everyone
seems well pleased with the New
Order�particularly the waitresses.
"It's fun," they say, "not to men-
tion the food!" Their only con-
cerns are their expanding waist-
lines. It is little wonder that the
regulation skirts were made easily
adjustable.
Long, low whistles, originating
from traditionally staid male fac-
ulty, greeted the new regime's de-
but. Since then, reports indicate
that Deanery professorial behavior
has improved with the innovation.
There have been few mishaps,
buf several close calls. Miss Mc-
Bride will never know how nar-
rowly her hat escaped a cascading
shrimp shower. And there was the
spoon that missed Miss Ward's
neck by a hair's breadth. Breath-
less apologies followed the rblow
which resounded as a meat platter
connected with the back of a hos-
tess' head. Yet the long-suffering
clientele remains patient and for-
giving, a fact much appreciated
by harrassed .novices.
"Are^^cjr allowed to accept
tipsT" asked one unabashed patron.
Confusion. "Well�it doesn't real-
ly matter." But now there is a
pat phrase which seems to fill the
bill: a smile, tempered with "It
isn't at all necessary." Most of
the tips go toward war stamps.
There is one thing upon which
all members of the kitchen-dining
room link agree: their job is teach-
ing them how not to behave when
they themselves are ordering food.
The waitresses have not yet
formed a union. They're not even
politically minded. They relax
mentally while on the job, and are
glad to substitute "chocolate fudge
cake, honey dew melon, vanilla
and strawberry ice cream, apple
sauce" for history dates and math
formulae.
You are cordially invited to eat
at the home-like Deanery�home-
like and, we hasten to add, dig-
nified. Come and let your profes-
sional friends spill coffee in your
laps.
Alumnae Will Return
In Mid-Week to Join
in Inaugural Festivities
Alumnae Mid-week promises to
bring many old graduates to the
campm for the inauguration of
Miss McBride. This change from
the customary Alumnae Week-end
is another effect of that request
which has revolutionized the Col-
lege schedules�the railroads' re-
quest in the effori to relieve con-
gestion.
The Alumnae will register in the
Deanery on Wednesday, October
28, and a supper will be served
for the Class Collectors and Club
Representatives. They will be al-
lowed to visit classes on Thursday
morning as a substitute for the
lectures usually presented on Sat-
urday morning by some depart-
ment.
Continued on Page Two
Inauguration ol President-Eleet
To Take Place on October 29th
Undergraduate Dues
To be Redistributed
The Undergraduate Association
this year will include in its budget
the expenses of the War Alliance,
and by so doing must raise" its dues
from $3.50 to $4.00 per person.
The total amount which each un-
dergraduate will pay in dues will
not increase, since the Self-Gov-
ernment Association has lowered
its dues from $1.50 to $1.00 per
person.
The following is an approximate
budget for the Undergraduate As-
sociation from October, 1942, to
June, 1943:
RECEIPTS
Balance from 1941-1942.. $265.24
Dues @ $4.00........... 2,080.00
From the College for Mon-
itors ...'............. 100.00
From the College for Pay
Day Mistresses ....... 190.00
From the sale of caps and
gowns............... 20.00
Total Receipt*......$2,655.24
EXPENDITURES
To the War Alliance.. .7" $600.00
(for speakers, delegate's
expenses, publicity,
running expenses)
To the Sub-Freshman
Committee ........... 300.00
Pay Day Mistresses..... 590.00
Monitors .............. 480.00
Hall Announcers ....... 120.00
Lost and Found ........ 20.00
Cut Committee ......... 20.00
Service charge at bank
for Pay Day .......'.. 100.00
May Day Band ......... 35.00
Miscellaneous .......... 100.00
Total Expenditures..$2,365.00
Total Receipt8..........$2,655.24
Total Expenditures ..... 2,365.00
Balance for 1942-1943 . $290.24
Inaugural Assembly Will
Hear Miss Comstock,
Dr. Aydelotte
The speakers at the inaugura-
tion of Miss McBride on October
29 will be Miss Ada Louise Com-
stock, President of Radcliffe Col-
lege, and Dr. Frank Aydelotte,
President Emeritus of Swarthmore
College and Director of the Insti-
tute of Advanced Learning at
Princeton.
Miss Comstock attended the
University of Minnesota in 1894.
She obtained her B.L. from
Smith and her M.A. from Co-
lumbia University, and has since
been honored with the degrees of
I.itt.D., L.H.D., LL.D. from twelve
leading colleges. After attending
State Normal School, she became
an assistant instructor of rhetoric
at the University of Minnesota.
She was made a professor of
Continued on Page Four
Goodhart to be the Scene
Of Induction Assembly
At 3 P. M.
Bryn Mawr, Princeton
To Join in Farm Work
The Bryn Mawr League, in con-
junction with the Westminster
Foundation of Princeton Univer-
sity, will sponsor a weekend of
farm work at the Willow Grove,
Pa., College Settlement Farm
Camp, from Friday,, October 30,
to Sunday, November 1. All pro-
ceeds of the work will go towards
the upkeep �f a summer farm
camp for underprivileged children.
Mr. and Mrs. Peters, the head
workers of the summer camp, will
be present.
On Friday Right there will be
a round table discussion1; on Sat-
urday, weather permitting, there
will be corn husking, apple pick-
ing, road repairing; if it rains,
there will be house painting. On
Saturday night a square dance
will take- place. Anyone with
square dance records please see
Helen Eichelberger. On Sunday,
the weekenders work in the morn-
ing and go home after lunch.
Three dollars will be charged to
cover the cost of fowl, transporta-
tion, and overivght accommoda-
tions. All who wish to go may
sign up on the bulletin board in
Taylor.
Miss Katharine Elisabeth .Mc-
Bride will be inaugurated as the
fourth President of Bryn Mawr
College on Thursday, October 29,
at the ceremony to be held in Good-
hart Hall at 3 P. M.
The National Anthem will open
the ceremony and will be followed
by the Invocation by Dr. Rufua
Jones. Choral selections, Men-
delssohn's Lift Thine Em's and
Bach's Now Thank IIV All Our
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Choir. Addresses by Ada Louise
Comstock, Litt.D., LL.D., L.H.D.,
President of Radcliffe College, and
Frank Aydelotte, Litt.D., LL.D.,
D.C.L., Director of the Institute
for Advanced Study, will precede
the Induction of the President by
Charles J. Rhoads, A.B., Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Bryn
Mawr College. President McBride
will then present the inaugural ad-
dress and the ceremony will close
with the Bryn Mawr College hymn,
Thou Gracious Inspiration.
There will be eleven undergradu-
ate marshals, four graduate mar-
shals, six faculty marshals, 20
ushers, and six undergraduate
aides who will help in forming the
academic procession. Walking in
the procession, which will start at
2.30 P. M., will be the presidents
of the Senior and Junior classes.
The Head Marshal is Miss Mary
S. Gardiner, and the^Committee in
Charge of the Inauguration is as
follows: For the Directors; Mr.
Charles J. Rhoads, Chairman;
President Katharine E. McBride,
Continued on Page Two
Elections
The War Alliance takes
pleasure in announcing the
elections of Catherine Clem-
ent. '13, as Chairman of the
War Courses; Rosalind
\\ light, '43, as Chairman of
War Information; Jessie
Stone, 'II, as Chairman of
Publicity, and Lydia Gifford,
'45, as Secretary-Treasurer.
The Sophomore class takes
pleasure In announcing the
election of Virginia Thomas
as President.
Calendar
Sunday, October 25
The Reverend Alexander
Zabriskie. Music Room,
7.30 P. M.
Monday, October 26
Lecture for Air Raid War-
dens. Art Room, 8.00 P. M.
Tuesday, October 27
Current Events. Common
Room, 7.30.
Wednesday, October 28 .
German Club Tea. German
House, 4.30 P. M.
Thursday, October 29
Induction of President Mc-
Bride. Goodhart, 3.00 P. M.
Alumnae Dinner for Miss
McBride. Rhoads, 7.30 P.
M.
New and Gayer Spirit Shown by Freshmen
M While They Realistically Consider Self-Gov.
By Mary Virginia More, '45
Forewarned is forearmed! This
must be our reaction to some of
the extraordinary statements made
on the Freshman Self Government
examination. Particularly note-
worthy is the progression of ideas.
We can begin with the qualita-
tive statement that the duty of a
member of the Self Government
Association is the spiritual de-
velopment of the student. At first
glance this struck us as a com-
mendable if impractical ideal of
the function of Self Government�
then the horrible hidden meaning
dawned upon us: the implication
that such development was neces-
sary. However, passing over that,
we struck an example of extreme
thoughtfulness on the part of one
student. With a delightful sense
of laissez faire, she saw the duty
of a member of Self Government
as taking the irresponsibility of
the students off the hands of the
college. To this may be added
the comment that the function of
the permission giver was to keep
"comparatively moral."
The next thing to receive our
attention was the question of cha-
pcronagc. It appears that the
student should be either in the
hands of a responsible person, or
of a hotel manager. The word
"manager" was carefully crossed
out by the correcter and "man-
agement" was inserted. Another,
whom we accused of flippancy,
tossed off the question of chaperon-
age with the remark that she was
a pretty good chaperone for her-
self.
Others were more naive. There
was the case of Jane Freshman
whose friend smoked in her room.
"I guess I should either have told
my friend not to smoke, or I should
have hidden the cigarettes." There
really isn't very much to say to
this. The casual note was struck
by the solution to being oat after
ten-thirty without having signed
out: Ring the bell and pay a fine.
On which note of easy realism
we close.